2026 Compare Cities Education:
Richland, WA vs Bellevue, NE

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Highlights
- Bellevue spends 21.0% less per student than Richland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.0% lower in Bellevue than in Richland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bellevue had 3.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richland
 Richland, WABellevue, NEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,776$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,030$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3914573
 Students per Counselor411  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Richland    14 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

After spending almost 18 years of my life here arriving at age 36 with 2 children and leaving at 53 Richland is a horrible place to live. The medical care as a whole is  More

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Richland has grown a lot and is getting lots of retirees, it has great weather, great food not all chain restaurants, but has them also. the people are friendly, lots  More

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I have lived here a few years and it’s the worst place I’ve ever been. The “ nice weather” people refer to is 100 degree hot can’t even stand outside at 9am without  More

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Reviews for Bellevue    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Excellent place to live.   More

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Over 18 years ago

I lived Bellevue for 4 years. I never lived in the Midwest so I wasn’t sure how I was going to like it, but I really enjoyed my stay there. I see this area as having the  More

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Over 19 years ago

The people are friendly and the city is small enough to have hometown values. The community is a great place to raise  More

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